Glandular Trichomes and Isoprenoid Biosynthesis

Here we are targeting various genes identified previously via transcriptomics approaches that are potentially involved in trichome development and differentiation. Knock-outs generated by gene-editing are being analysed with an array of cell biology metabolite profiling techniques. KETCHUP is a cooperation project funded by the Leibniz Association and coordinated by Prof. Dr. Phil Wigge (IGZ, Großbeeren) with Dr Astrid Junker (IPK, Gatersleben) and our group as partners, whose objective is to identify genes from tomato that are involved in the response to high temperature stress. We recently found that high temperature modifies the trichome composition in tomato and will identify genes that are involved in this response.

Members involved

• Robert Säbel (PhD student)
• Changqing Yang (former Humboldt Fellow, now IPB scientist)
• Benedikt Athmer (Bioinformatician)